FARNHAM, a parish in the lower division of the
wapentake of CLARO, West riding of the county of YORK,
comprising the townships of Farnham, Ferensby, and
Scotton, and containing 548 inhabitants, of which
number, 141 are in the township of Farnham, 2 miles
(N.) from Knaresborough. The living is a vicarage,
within the peculiar jurisdiction of the court of the
honour of Knaresborough, rated in the king's books at
£6. 12, 1., endowed with £200 private benefaction,
£800 royal bounty, and £1700 parliamentary grant,
and in the patronage of the Rev. Thomas Collins, and
the Rev. Timothy Shann. The church is a neat structure,
situated on an eminence. The river Nidd bounds
the parish on the west. A copper mine was opened
in 1757, but the adventurers failed of success.